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Similarly, Mimi Surada's line of lip gloss doesn't come at you with a leafy logo or go-green mantra. In fact, the package of six wildly flavoured glosses comes in such a sexy container it's been mistaken for lingerie!
But nightclothes might not be received as well in the diplomatic circles where Surada sells the bulk of her product.
Born in Bangkok to a Chinese family, Surada has a master's degree in interna- tional business from the University of North London. While in England, she met her partner, Apichai Tuanyok, whose expertise in disease control motivated her to look more closely at product labels. With two young children to consider, the move to organic made even more sense.
In August 2008, she combined her style smarts with international social savvy, launching a line of natural lip glosses.
In her first four months, she sold more than 1,000 units of gKissr gloss and pressented her product at the Genie Awards. The 2009 Ottawa Humane Society's Fur Ball featured its cruelty-free status and included samples in guest gift bags.
Surada is open about her gloss not being 100 per cent organic because she couldn't find organic beeswax or vitamin E made in Canada - but she's on the hunt and hopes to reach full organic status in her next product shipment.
The dainty woman says the products have become popular as gifts from am- bassadors to family at home, as well as welcome gifts for visitors to Canada. Despite her swift success, Surada insists this is a hobby. "I wanted to do something organic and made in Canada," she says. "I love this country and I want to give back to Canada."
NATURAL MOMMIE
Our fabulous lip balms have been featured on the Natural Mommie website. Thank you all for the phenomenal feedback.
29TH GENIE AWARDS VIP GIFT LOUNGE
Our fabulous lip balms have been selected to be a part of the Genie Gift Colllection for this year Genie Awards event.
The 2009 Genies will take place on April 4th in Ottawa, and broadcast live by Canwest from the Canada Aviation Museum.
OTTAWA FUR BALL 2009
We are honoured to be trusted to create the special edition, "Casablanca Kiss" in mocha latte flavour, for the Ottawa Fur Ball
2009. All proceeds from this high profile event go to the Ottawa Humane Society.
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